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To: Louisville City Council
Louisville, CO: Ban Open Carry and Assault Weapons
The city council should enact law similar to the Denver law banning open carry and assault weapons and work with other local governments to pass consistent rules.
Why is this important?
Recent events in Boulder have brought the issue of sensible gun control to the forefront of our public discourse again. I live in the small city of Louisville in the Boulder/Denver area. Several months ago, I was in the Louisville King Soopers when a young man appeared in the store conspicuously wearing a very large handgun and not wearing his mask. Many shoppers noticed this person but were not about to mention the mask issue given the gun. I do not believe store owners and their employees should be put in the position of confronting someone wearing a gun to enforce other rules. Additionally, it was clear that patrons in the store were uncomfortable with the situation -- not a good thing for a business.
The State of Colorado enacted a preemption of local government efforts to control some aspects of gun ownership. The courts upheld the Denver bans based on the urban nature of Denver and the inherent interest of the City of Denver to protect its citizens. The front range is basically one big urban area now and as demonstrated by the shooting in Boulder, like COVID-19 we are one big community. If the state won't pass reasonable gun control laws, we can try getting it done city by city even if the courts eventually need to get involved.